Backdoor Politics Threaten Cape Wind

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Politics is a dirty game, which may explain why there's no love for clean energy projects. Case in point - Cape Wind: the proposed offshore wind farm that would provide 75 percent of Cape Cod's energy needs with wind power and kickstart the nation into a clean energy revolution.

On April 6, a conference committee signed off on an amendment to a spending bill that would grant veto power over Cape Wind to the governor of Massachusetts. Governor Mitt Romney is an outspoken opponent of the project and if Congress accepts the bill it will be the end of Cape Wind.

Don't let this backroom deal unravel years of hard work to make Cape Wind a reality. Contact your senators and urge them to strip this disastrous language from the spending bill before it's too late.

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Dear Senators ,

As a constituent deeply concerned about global warming, I am extremely troubled about a provision in the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill that would effectively kill the future of America’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind. I strongly urge you to oppose the provision that gives veto power to Governor Mitt Romney for any wind farm project in Nantucket Sound. This veto provision is a blatant example of the kind of backdoor politics that Congress has been claiming it is against. The amendment had to be secretly added in a closed-door committee because it would never have passed in open committee debate. This provision is a sneaky attempt to shutdown America's move toward a clean energy future. Cape Wind is currently the largest renewable wind energy project in the country and is very important for a strong and vibrant future for wind power in the United States. Congress needs to get serious about addressing our addiction to oil. We need tangible renewable energy projects to reduce our emissions of dangerous global warming pollution. I urge you to stand up and reject this egregious language in the Coast Guard Bill. Our country needs more renewable energy and less special-interest politics.

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